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JAMES EDWARD STOVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – February 5, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Stover, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 43
- MARTIN LUTHER RIMSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- ALTON BROWNING SEBASTIANSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- WILLIAM DEAN SELDERSPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- CHARLES J SHEEHAN IIILance Corporal · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN CAMPENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 33
- LARRY VERNAL CLASPILLSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 33
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 34
- TIMOTHY JOHN DINEENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 35
- LAWRENCE GARY GRASSISpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 35
- JOHN HERSTON JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 37
- HAROLD ANDREW KRAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 37
- THOMAS ANDREW MARCHUTPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 39
- WILLIAM EDWARD WESTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 46
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.